Whilst Kolsch is exported to a number of destinations, I say wait till you get to Koln before you give it a go. It's well worth the experience. I give this 4 out of 5 Steins:
Being a fan of Bier and that I'm living in Deutschland, it was only right that I headed to Oktoberfest. What can I say that you probably don't already know?
Bier? Well there is a hell of a lot of that!
Fun? Hahaha... yeah there's lots of that as well.
Food? Half a chicken never tasted so good!
Girls? Have you ever been to Bavaria?
Singing? Prosit! Prosit!
Needless to say it was a brilliant time, and whilst I was there, I tried the bier from:
* Löwenbräu
* Spaten Braeu
* Hofbräu
* Hacker-Pschorr
I wont go into reviewing the bier here though. I think the event leads itself more to excess rather than sampling the biers provided.
Needless to say I'm going again this weekend.... yes I seriously am!!!!!
Ahhh the bier!!!
It's been a while between updates.... I know. However my camera was on a sojourn to Brazil with my partner in crime. Speaking of, I was gifted some Brazilian Beer, which I will be adding to this site very, very soon.
Anyway, the above photo was taken over the 2007 Easter Weekend when I was in Würzburg with some mates from Australia. I don't honestly remember anything about the bier, so I wont review it.
In the background, perched on the hilltop is the amazing Fortress Marienberg, which is a stunning sight to behold. However the view of the city from there is even more breathtaking.
In a note of administrative details for the site, I've now moved the entire Bier Adventures to it's own independent domain: http://www.bieradventures.com.
One of the great things about Deutschland is the bier gartens (beer garden) that are pretty much spring up on every corner when the temperature gets warm. Then there are the mainstays that are there all year round, such as Alt-Oberurseler Brauhaus.
Not only is it a traditional Bier Garten but it also brews it's own bier & quite the range:
- Pills (as pictured above)
- Hefeweizen
- Bockbier
and many others.
As for a rating, I don't mind the bier to be honest, it just didn't grab my full attention. I've only had the Pills there, so I can't give a full rating. But the pils in my mind was more of a 3, than 4 Steins:
I recently had to buy some biers for a friends farewell and being that it was on after 8pm, most markets/shops in my area were shut. So I happened to stumble across this great little trinkhalle that had these biers, the König Ludwig Weissbier. Having never tried this before I grabbed 10 (as it was the only weissbier at the store) and you know what, it wasn't a half bad bier.
The flavour was strong and surprisingly crisp. This wasn't as sweet as a some of the better weisbiers that I've had, but it still had a good aroma and body. It was a good bier, but not necessarily great. I want to give it 3.5, but because of my 5 stein system, it has to get bumped up... So this is a 4 Stein bier:
